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ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference > ActionScript classes > Boolean > valueOf (Boolean.valueOf method)

valueOf (Boolean.valueOf method)

Returns true if the primitive value type of the specified Boolean object is true; false otherwise.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5

Returns

Boolean - A Boolean value.

Example

The following example shows how this method works, and also shows that the primitive value type of a new Boolean object is false:

var x:Boolean = new Boolean();
trace(x.valueOf());   // false
x = (6==3+3);
trace(x.valueOf());   // true 

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